[SIZE="6"]Season 1
(2012-13)[/SIZE]
(2012-13)[/SIZE]
[font="Georgia"][SIZE="3"]Coach Information
Name: Patterson Young (26)
Experience: 0 (0-0)
Contract: $80,000 / 2 years
Ambition: High
Academics: Very High
Discipline: Very High
Integrity: Very High
Temper: Short Fuse
Offense: 17
Defense: 36
Scouting: 39
Recruiting: 46
Developing: 12
Reputation: 10
Job Security: 10
School Information
School: SIU Edwardsville
Mascot: Cougars
Location: Edwardsville, IL
Arena: Vadalabene Center (4,000)
Conference: Ohio Valley
Facilities: D+
Academics: C+
Conference Prestige: 26%
School Prestige: 2%
Minimum SAT: 900
Budget: $125,000
Assistants: $61,000
Remaining (Recruiting): $64,000
Team Goals
1. Don’t finish last in the Ohio Valley Conference.
Coaching Assistants
1st Assistant (SCOUTING) – Bob Miller (47, $33,000 / 2 years) – 48% Scouting Rating
2nd Assistant (RECRUITING) – Tom Samuel (49, $18,000 / 2 years) – 29% Recruiting Rating
3rd Assistant (DEVELOPMENT) – Chris Dondon (58, $10,000 / 2 years) – 21% Development Rating
Recruits
6’3” PG Ken Hopkins (JuCo) Dixon IL (Dixon HS) 2.1 GPA (#70 National, #6 Regional)
Roster
PG – Scott Kidd (6’5” 187 lbs So) Pinckneyville IL (Pinckneyville HS) 2.5 GPA (1.0/3.5)
SG – Marques Knight (6’3” 194 lbs Jr) Bridgeport IL (Red Hill HS) 3.2 GPA (2.5/3.0)
SF – Nick Banta (6’7” 228 lbs Jr) Chicago IL (Roosevelt HS) 3.0 GPA (3.0/3.0)
PF – Chris Dryden (6’6” 194 lbs Fr) Chicago IL (St. Francis de Sales HS) 2.2 GPA (2.5/4.5)
C – Ben Brown (6’10” 244 lbs Fr) DeKalb IL (DeKalb HS) 2.9 GPA (1.5/4.0)
6 – David Tricco (6’5” 183 lbs Fr) Paxton IL (Paxton Buckley Loda HS) 3.1 GPA (1.0/3.5)
7 – Jimmy Gipson (6’3” 176 lbs Sr) Chicago IL (St. Francis de Sales HS) 3.2 GPA (2.0/3.0)
8 – Eric Haslem (6’4” 191 lbs So) Chicago IL (Roger Sullivan HS) 2.4 GPA (1.5/3.5)
9 – Jay Botts (6’7” 216 lbs Jr) Woodhill IL (Alwood HS) 3.0 GPA (1.5/1.5)*
10 – Aaron Collier (6’9” 243 lbs So) Park Ridge IL (Maine Township East HS) 2.9 GPA (2.0/4.0)
11 – Otis Stanley (6’1” 184 lbs So) Chicago IL (Senn HS) 3.0 GPA (1.5/1.5)*
12 – Bernard Griffin (6’5” 181 lbs Jr) Freeport IL (Freeport HS) 3.7 GPA (2.0/3.5)
13 – Ben Sykes (6’4” 228 lbs So) Franklin Grove IL (Franklin Center HS) 3.2 GPA (1.5/3.5)
14 – Peter Kelly (6’6” 214 lbs Fr) Nauvoo IL (Nauvoo-Colusa HS) 4.0 GPA (0.5/0.5)
15 – Darrell Baxley (6’9” 275 lbs Fr) Glenview IL (Glenbrook South HS) 3.2 GPA (1.0/3.5)
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* Walk-on
The Season
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[B]Date Opponent Score Record Leader(s)[/B]
11/14 IPFW W 93-77 1-0 M. Knight (21 pts 2 reb 4 ast); B. Brown (15 pts 9 reb 1 ast)
11/17 North Dakota State W 82-61 2-0 M. Knight (28 pts 9 reb 3 stl); N. Banta (9 pts 3 ast 3 blk)
11/21 Evansville W 78-73 3-0 M. Knight (18 pts 5 reb 2 ast); N. Banta (12 pts 5 reb 3 stl)
11/24 Illinois Chicago L 73-89 3-1 M. Knight (18 pts 6 reb 2 ast); S. Kidd (15 pts 3 ast)
11/28 @ IUPUI L 75-82 3-2 B. Brown (11 pts 4 reb 2 ast); N. Banta (10 pts 6 reb)
12/1 @ Northern Illinois L 70-89 3-3 M. Knight (10 pts 1 reb 1 stl); C. Dryden (11 pts 3 reb 1 stl)
12/5 @ Cleveland State W 76-64 4-3 M. Knight (18 pts 7 reb); S. Kidd (9 pts 5 ast)
12/8 @ Ohio L 69-74 4-4 M. Knight (18 pts 6 reb 1 ast); J. Gipson (11 pts 1 reb 1 ast)
12/12 Presbyterian L 59-68 4-5 J. Gipson (15 pts 4 reb 2 ast); B. Griffin (16 pts 2 reb)
12/15 @ Indiana State L 72-88 4-6 J. Gipson (19 pts 1 reb); C. Dryden (10 pts 7 reb)
12/19 BYU Hawaii W 82-64 5-6 J. Gipson (17 pts 3 reb 1 stl); M. Knight (11 pts 3 reb 2 ast)
Jimmy Gipson did such a good job filling in after Knight strained his ankle, we decided to shuffle the lineup to get him more playing time. So we’ll now be starting Gipson, Knight, Banta, Dryden and Brown, with Scott Kidd shifting to play second-string shooting guard, where his height might be an advantage.
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12/26 @ Jacksonville State W 85-75 6-6 (1-0) B. Brown (16 pts 10 reb); M. Knight (16 pts 9 reb 1 ast)
12/29 Austin Peay L 71-73 6-7 (1-1) J. Gipson (14 pts 3 reb 5 ast 4 stl); B. Brown (8 pts 6 reb)
1/5 @ Murray State L 62-84 6-8 (1-2) N. Banta (14 pts 3 reb); J. Gipson (7 reb 2 ast 2 stl)
1/9 Eastern Illinois W 83-80 7-8 (2-2) M. Knight (13 pts 4 reb 2 ast); N. Banta (11 pts 4 reb 2 stl)
1/12 @ Tennessee State L 71-72 7-9 (2-3) J. Gipson (13 pts 1 ast 1 stl); N. Banta (12 pts 5 reb 1 blk)
1/16 Eastern Kentucky L 81-90 7-10 (2-4) N. Banta (14 pts 6 reb 1 ast); M. Knight (11 pts 2 reb 2 ast)
1/19 Tennessee-Martin L 52-66 7-11 (2-5) N. Banta (12 pts 6 reb); M. Knight (11 pts 5 reb 1 blk)
1/23 @ SE Missouri State W 72-65 8-11 (3-5) M. Knight (19 pts 5 reb 2 ast); B. Brown (10 pts 2 reb 1 stl)
1/30 @ Tennessee Tech L 67-83 8-12 (3-6) M. Knight (12 pts 2 reb 1 ast); N. Banta (11 pts 6 reb 1 ast)
2/2 Jacksonville State W 73-67 9-12 (4-6) N. Banta (14 pts 3 reb 2 ast); M. Knight (12 pts 3 reb 3 ast)
2/6 @ Austin Peay L 57-64 9-13 (4-7) M. Knight (13 pts 5 reb 1 ast); C. Dryden (6 pts 9 reb 2 stl)
2/9 Morehead State W 84-71 10-13 (5-7) M. Knight (19 pts 4 reb 3 stl); B. Brown (15 pts 5 reb 2 stl)
2/13 Murray State L 73-83 10-14 (5-8) B. Brown (10 pts 5 reb 3 ast 1 stl); N. Banta (10 pts 4 reb 1 ast)
2/16 @ Eastern Illinois L 70-78 10-15 (5-9) M. Knight (14 pts 3 reb 2 stl); J. Gipson (11 pts 3 ast)
2/20 Tennessee State W 82-62 11-15 (6-9) M. Knight (34 pts 3 reb); N. Banta (13 pts 4 reb 1 ast)
2/23 @ Eastern Kentucky L 64-78 11-16 (6-10) M. Knight (11 pts 3 reb 2 ast); N. Banta (16 pts 2 reb 1 stl)
Team Leaders
Scoring: Marques Knight (14.4 ppg) Nick Banta (10.5 ppg) Ben Brown (7.8 ppg)
Rebounds: Ben Brown (5.1 rpg) Curtis Dryden (4.3 rpg) Marques Knight (3.9 rpg)
Assists: Jimmy Gipson (2.7 apg) Otis Stanley (1.9 apg) Scott Kidd (1.8 apg)
Steals: Marques Knight (1.0 spg)
Blocks: Marques Knight (0.6 bpg)
Graduating
PG – Jimmy Gipson (3.2 GPA) 6.9 ppg 1.7 rpg 2.7 apg 0.7 spg (27 games, 19 starts)
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* Walk-on
Awards
None.
OVC CHAMPION: (4) Morehead State beat (3) Tennessee-Martin 85-65.
CIT CHAMPION: (3) Detroit beat (6) Purdue 71-60.
NIT CHAMPION: (4) Tennessee handled (5) North Texas 65-52.
NCAA FINAL FOUR: (1) North Carolina creamed (1) Maryland 66-50; (8) Dayton stumbled against (2) Arizona, losing 68-85.
NCAA CHAMPION: (2) Arizona stunned (1) North Carolina to win easily, 63-49.
Season Summary
We finished the regular season in a four-way tie for last in the conference, and our miserable RPI (304th) puts us in last after all the tiebreakers. Only the top four teams in the OVC get to play in the conference tournament, so we didn’t even come close to qualifying. Our season’s over, we failed at our only goal, and it’s only onward and upward from here. We sat through March watching 132 teams who weren’t ours playing in the postseason, and I knew that’s where I want our team in the coming years. We are going to be good enough to make the conference tourney, and we’ll go from there to earn invites elsewhere. We won’t be unknown and miserable for long!
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